Jodie Henry OAM Queensland Sport Hall of Fame's next legend of Queensland Sport

The outstanding swimmer for Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympics is the 22nd Legend of Queensland Sport. 

Jodie Henry OAM was the fastest female swimmer in the world and finished that Olympic meet with her three events resulting in three gold medals and three world records - the prestigious 100m freestyle, the 4x100m freestyle relay and the 4x100m medley relay. 

She was the first Australian woman to win the 100m sprint since the great Dawn Fraser's hattrick in 1956-60-64 and now one of just four alongside Fanny Durack in 1912, Fraser and Emma McKeon in Tokyo last year. 

In the 100m freestyle relay, Henry swam the fastest 100m every by a woman in the anchor leg. 

She joins her hero growing up Susie O'Neill, Kieren Perkins and David Theile who won back-to-back backstroke gold in 1956-60.

Henry will be installed as Legend, have been elevated from Athlete Member, at the upcoming Queensland Sports Awards / Hall of Fame Presentation at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on Thursday evening, 24 November, at which Jamie Dwyer (hockey), Laura Geitz (netball), Audrey McLachlan (softball), Sally Pearson (athletics), the late Harry Sunderland (rugby league) and Johnathan Thurston (rugby league) will be inducted as new members of the State's Sport Hall of Fame. 

The Awards / Hall of Fame recognise outstanding acheivement by Queenslanders in sport, with the climax of the night the announcement of The Courier-Mail Channel Seven Queensland Sport Star of the Year for 2022.

Information regarding tickets for the Queensland Sports "Night of the Year" are available at www.qsport.org.au via email admin@qsport.org.au or phoning 07 3369 8955 during business hours. 

For more information on the Hall of Fame, contact Secretary and QSport CEO Peter Cummiskey on 0418 185 008